Seed-planter.



WILLIAM H. ARNN, OF LYNNVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SEED-PLANTER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1-, it? r Application led August 7, 1913. Serial N0.783,566.

To all whom it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM H. ARNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lynnville, in the county of Graves and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improveinents in seed. planters, and isdesigned to provide a durable, simple and easily operated implement ofthis character from which different. kind ot' seeds, as for instancecorn and beans. may be planted in alternate rows, as the implementprogresses over the ground.

ll`he invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangementsof parts as will he apparent from the drawings and more clearly pointedout hereinafter in the .specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodimentl oi my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of the invention.

Figure l is an enlarged detail Sectional view showing the. operatingparts of my invention. Fig, 2 is a top plan view of the seed boxes andseed plate. Fig. 3 is a top plan View ofthe base plate.

All parts of the seed planter are supported from the frame which may beof metal or wood construction, and has attached thereto tlul handlehars, and braces as usual. Bctween the spaced parallel side hars of theframe, a covering wheel t, is journaled, the shaft 5 being supported inbearings under the. side hars and a han; "r 7 also providing additionalbearing, asat the center 8 for the shaft.

The seed box is ot novel construction and f comprises an outerreceptacle l1 and an inner reccptaclc l2, a cover or top extending overboth rcccptaclcs asa protection to their contents. The two receptaclesare adapted to hold two ditl'ercnt kinds ot seeds, as corn and bean` andthey are held separated by the brace hars' ll which arcattachcd to thewalls ol the two reccptmflcs and holds them up in rigid relationship.

The .sl-ed box is supported upon the base plate l5 which is attached, bybolts passed through the cars lo, lo the frame, and the box l1 istas-tened to the base plate as by bolts lo. The inner seed receptacle orbox,

which is concentric with the outer box is open at` the bottom, and itsend is located above the base plate to permit introduction of the seedplate 17. The seed plate is a circular disk adapted to revolve insidethe outer receptacle and under the open lower end of the innerreceptacle. There are two sets of openings in the seed plate as 1S and19, arranged in circular `formation, one adapted to deliver seed fromeach receptacle, and arranged to pass alternately over the holes 19 inthe base plate, which holes or perforations communicate with thedelivery spout 9. To revolve the seed plate a shaft 20 is extended upthrough the base plate, and the seed plate is secured to the squaredupper end of the shaft. At its lower end a bevel pinion 23 is fixed onthe shaft. to mesh with another pinion 24, the latter on the operatingshaft 25 which is supported in ther hanger 8 and atl 2G in hanger 27.The operating shaft is revolved through the medium of the beveled pinion27 and gears Q8, 28a, 28h, 28, the latter carried rigidly with the wheelsection 4. A pair of brushes 29 and 30, one located above each series ofseed openings in the seed plate, are provided to prevent delivery ofonly the seeds carried in the. seed openings in the seed plate. Thesebrushes are located directly over the pertorations 19 of the base plateand are suspended from an inwardly bent portion 3l of the outerreceptacle which projects radially into the inner receptacle in orderthat the brushes may be properly positioned.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and Letters Patent, is:-

The combination of a seed box comprising two receptacles formingconcentric spaces and a seed plate having an annular series of openingsunder 'each space, meansfor rot-ating the plate, a base plate having aperforationin the path of each series of openings, the outer receptaclehaving an inwardly bent portion projecting radially into the innerreceptacle, and a pair of brushes attached to said portion and suspendedover said Opeliings.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

IVILLIAM H. ARNN.

desire to secure by lVitnesses:

N can CALDWELL, HENRY M.- CANTER.

Copies of this patent may 'ne obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C."

